ZURICH – Twenty-eight Russian athletes who took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi face disciplinary proceedings over possible manipulation of their urine samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday.
The global skiing body (FIS) later announced that it had suspended six Russian cross-country skiers who were among those being investigated and said Russia had pulled out of hosting the final meeting of the sport’s World Cup season.
The moves follow publication earlier this month of the second and final part of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s independent McLaren report into Russian doping.
It found more than 1 000 Russian competitors in more than 30 sports were involved in an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive drug tests over the course of five years. (Reuters)
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